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Williamson, John Harvey, 1937- author.
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Golf -- History.
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Born on the links : ...
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Born on the links : a concise history of golf / John Williamson.
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Williamson, John Harvey, 1937- author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Subjects
Golf -- History.
ISBN:
9781538114520 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1538114526 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
Description:
ix, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- The origins of golf in Scotland -- The evolution of golf during the 17th and 18th centuries -- The proliferation of golf during the 19th century -- Golf comes to America: The first clubs and courses -- Golf takes root in the United States -- The explosion of golf in the United States after 1913 -- Golf during the Depression and war years -- The revival of golf after World War II -- Let us play: The African-American experience in golf -- Arnold Palmer, television, and a new era in golf -- The phenomenal growth of golf after 1960 -- Golf in the twenty-first century -- The story of women's golf in the United States -- The major team competitions.
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Born on the Links encompasses the entire 600-year history of golf, from the links in Scotland in the fifteenth century up to the present. It not only covers golfs origins and the development of the rules, equipment, and playing fields, but also features accounts of its greatest players and historic events.
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Hawaii State Library
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